See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced hundreds of earthquakes this week while researchers have ...

An eruption of Mount Churchill today similar to previous major plumes would bring much of the Northern Hemisphere to a ...

A little-known volcano on a remote Pacific island may have been the source of one of the 19th century’s most powerful ...

Greek prime minister announces £2.5m emergency evacuation fund as experts warn another major eruption could be on its way ...

A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

Geologists visited the Kilauea volcano crater in Hawaii to collect lava samples. Officials from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory landed on the floor of ...

In 1950 the Santorini volcano experienced its last eruption, closing a cycle of volcanic activity that had begun in 1939.

Renowned seismologist Costas Synolakis claimed that the earthquakes rattling Santorini may indicate the birth of a new ...

JOHANNESBURG: Heated exchanges between South Africa and the United States this week are an eruption of tensions over several ...

Scotland saw a 1628% eruption in dating scams – which is 16 times higher than the previous year new data has revealed.

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.